diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/phyboard-mira.conf b/meta-isar/conf/machine/phyboard-mira.conf
index feec4e54..1d2b3e1c 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/machine/phyboard-mira.conf
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/phyboard-mira.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ DTB_FILES = "imx6q-phytec-mira-rdk-nand.dtb"
 
 IMAGE_INSTALL += "barebox"
 
+KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "zImage"
+
 BAREBOX_CONFIG = "imx_v7_defconfig"
 BAREBOX_ENV = "phytec-mira-env"
 BAREBOX_BASE_BIN = "barebox-phytec-phycore-imx6q-som-nand-1gib"